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Items
No. Item

1.

Membership

To report any changes to the membership.

Minutes:

There were no changes to the Membership.

2.

Declarations of Interest

To receive declarations by Members and Officers of any personal or prejudicial interests in matters on this agenda.

Minutes:

Councillor Karen Scarborough declared in respect of application 1, Café Royal Hotel, that she had met Mr Marly as he had previously been General Manager at Chiltern Firehouse which is located in her Ward, Marylebone High Street.

1.

Cafe Royal Hotel, 8 Air Street, W1 pdf icon PDF 2 MB

App

No

Ward /

Cumulative Impact Area

Site Name and Address

Application

Licensing Reference Number

1.

West End Ward / West End Cumulative Impact Area

Cafe Royal Hotel, 8 Air Street, W1

Variation of a Premises Licence

18/01098/LIPV

 

 

 

Minutes:

LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No. 5

Thursday 5 April 2018

 

Membership:              Councillor Peter Freeman (Chairman), Councillor Karen Scarborough and Councillor Shamim Talukder

 

Legal Adviser:             Barry Panto

Policy Adviser:            Chris Wroe

Committee Officer:     Jonathan Deacon

Presenting Officer:     Shannon Pring

 

Relevant Representations:         Environmental Health, Metropolitan Police and Licensing Authority.

 

Present:  Mr Alun Thomas (Solicitor, representing Applicant), Mr Guillaume Marly (General Manager, Café Royal Hotel), Mr Dave Nevitt (Environmental Health), PC Toby Janes (Metropolitan Police) and Mr Steve Rowe (Licensing Authority).

 

Declaration:  Councillor Karen Scarborough declared that she had met Mr Marly as he had previously been General Manager at Chiltern Firehouse which is located in her Ward, Marylebone High Street.

 

Café Royal Hotel, 8 Air Street, W1

18/01098/LIPV

 

Layout alteration

 

During the hearing it was clarified that the layout alterations were as follows:

 

·                   The Ten Room Public Restaurant on the ground floor would become the Hotel Reception Area.

·                   The First Floor Member’s Bar (shown on the plans as the Studio Bar) to become the First Floor Library Bar.

·                   The First Floor Members Lounge (shown on the plans as the Ten Room overlooking Air Street) to become the First Floor Gallery Restaurant.

·                   The First Floor Private Dining Room to become Back of House Kitchen. 

·                   The First Floor Screening Room to become the First Floor Studio Restaurant. 

·                   The new restaurant on the first floor would combine the Gallery Restaurant and the Studio Restaurant.

 

Amendments to application advised at hearing:

 

Clarification was required during the hearing as to the proposed layout alterations.  There were no proposed amendments to the hours sought by the Applicant from those set out in the report.

 

Decision (including reasons if different from those set out in report):

 

The Sub-Committee heard from Mr Thomas, representing the Applicant.  He stated that the application involved changes to the layout and changes in the use of rooms within the hotel.  Amended conditions were proposed to reflect this.

 

Mr Thomas took Members and the parties present at the hearing through the existing plans.  He explained that the Ten Room public restaurant and bar could be accessed directly from Air Street.  The Applicant was now seeking to replace this with a feature hotel lobby with concierge facilities.  It was being requested that alcohol could be sold to hotel residents and their guests in the hotel lobby.

 

Mr Thomas mentioned that the existing premises licence for the Ten Room public restaurant and bar on the ground floor permitted alcohol to be sold without food until 01:00 with a capacity of 90 persons.  He added that removing a public bar with direct access from the street was part of the Applicant’s case for the application being granted as an exception to policy.

 

Mr Thomas confirmed that the Green Bar on the ground floor would not change in nature.  He advised that this had a 01:00 terminal hour as there was direct access to the street.  There was a requirement under the existing premises licence to have SIA registered door staff at each of the entrances.

 

Mr Thomas made the point  ...  view the full minutes text for item 1.

2.

West End Metro, Ground Floor, 38 Great Windmill Street, W1 pdf icon PDF 279 KB

App

No

Ward /

Cumulative Impact Area

Site Name and Address

Application

Licensing Reference Number

2.

West End Ward / West End Cumulative Impact Area

West End Metro, Ground Floor, 38 Great Windmill Street, W1

New Premises Licence

18/01482/LIPN

 

 

 

Minutes:

LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No. 5

Thursday 5 April 2018

 

Membership:              Councillor Peter Freeman (Chairman), Councillor Karen Scarborough and Councillor Shamim Talukder

 

Legal Adviser:             Barry Panto

Policy Adviser:            Chris Wroe

Committee Officer:     Jonathan Deacon

Presenting Officer:     Shannon Pring

 

Relevant Representations:         Licensing Authority.

 

Present:  Mr Suresh Kalpathi (representing Mr Shahbuddin), Mr Sadrudin Shahbuddin (Applicant) and Mr Steve Rowe (Licensing Authority)

 

West End Metro, Ground Floor, 38 Great Windmill Street, W1

18/01482/LIPN

 

1.

Sale by retail of alcohol (Off)

 

 

Monday to Saturday:                            08:00 to 23:00

Sunday:                                                 10:00 to 22:30

 

 

 

Amendments to application advised at hearing:

 

 

None.

 

 

 

Decision (including reasons if different from those set out in report):

 

 

The Sub-Committee heard from Mr Kalpathi, representing Mr Shahbuddin.  He stated that West End Metro is a small convenience store which has been operating in Great Windmill Street for many years.  The Applicant himself had been working at and running premises in the West End for 17 years.  The Applicant had met with representatives of the Metropolitan Police and Environmental Health.  Conditions had been agreed between the Applicant and the Police and Environmental Health and the two Responsible Authorities had subsequently withdrawn their representations.  Mr Kalpathi appreciated that the Licensing Authority’s representation was based on the premises being located in the West End Cumulative Impact Area (‘CIA’).

 

Mr Kalpathi did not believe that the application would add to cumulative impact.  He made the point that Great Windmill Street was less busy than some of the main streets surrounding it and there were therefore fewer people walking up and down it.  He also commented that only a small space was allocated for alcohol at West End Metro and that the premises was largely used by local residents.  It did not specifically bring customers into the CIA.  The Applicant was content to have a condition attached to the premises licence that there would be no advertisement of the sale of alcohol from the premises.  Mr Kalpathi also referred to the hours applied for in respect of off sales being Core Hours.  

 

Mr Shahbuddin said that the convenience store also sold soft drinks, sandwiches, chewing gum and newspapers.

 

The Sub-Committee was addressed by Mr Rowe on behalf of the Licensing Authority.  He advised that the Licensing Authority had maintained its representation in order to give the Sub-Committee the opportunity to consider whether the application would add to cumulative impact in the CIA.

 

In response to questions from the Sub-Committee, Mr Kalpathi offered not to sell premium beers and ciders supplied in glass bottles of 5.5% alcohol by volume if the Sub-Committee had particular concerns.  He stated that they were expensive items and would not be significant in terms of sales.  Mr Kalpathi and Mr Shahbuddin also responded to the question as to whether alcohol would be sold at 08:00 with the answer that they had agreed Core Hours with Responsible Authorities for off sales which commence at 08:00.  They did not expect much demand at 08:00.  Mr Kalpathi and Mr Shahbuddin confirmed that they had agreed  ...  view the full minutes text for item 2.

3.

Ahi Poke, 11 Sir Simon Milton Square, SW1 pdf icon PDF 604 KB

App

No

Ward /

Cumulative Impact Area

Site Name and Address

Application

Licensing Reference Number

3.

St James’s Ward / not in cumulative impact area

Ahi Poke, 11 Sir Simon Milton Square, SW1

New Premises Licence

18/01047/LIPN

 

 

 

Minutes:

LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE No. 5

Thursday 5 April 2018

 

Membership:              Councillor Peter Freeman (Chairman), Councillor Karen Scarborough and Councillor Shamim Talukder

 

Legal Adviser:             Barry Panto

Policy Adviser:            Chris Wroe

Committee Officer:     Jonathan Deacon

Presenting Officer:     Shannon Pring

 

Ahi Poke, 11 Sir Simon Milton Square, SW1

18/00773/LIPV

 

 

The application was granted under delegated powers prior to the hearing as all representations objecting to the application had been withdrawn.